SEVENTEEN
an overdue entry; happenings on 160806:- NICE surprise by the awesome class of sixseven, class-bench table
-1st present of the day by PPG sidekicks/cliquemates. haha soooo super sweeeet! THANKS MAINE AND WENQI! (: will take a picture of it and upload it soon. big thanks to the remaining 2/5 of the clique for the thoughtful present too :D dont worry JUSTIN and QI YU, it will be put to good use.
- ordinary slackish wednesday, 2 lectures, pe, 90min break, ct session (phone died!). cca leaders forum, qte fun with yt, wayne and nick. haha keeping fingers crossed that was brought up will be put into action.
okay to construct a coherent paragraph, i nearly died when my phone died in the middle of the day. was rendered helpless and uncontactable, daoing of phone calls and msgs was genuinely unintentional! all in all, turning seventeen was a relatively special occasion (: especially heartwarming to know that ppl far away whom you least expect will remember ur birthday actually do. indeed, it's the thought that truly counts. many many thanks goes out to many many ppl. at the top of my head, the canoe
teammates! yt, yihang, mel, soph and lihui :D my goodness rimmel choong can bake such a killer chocolate cake! whoever marries her is one lucky chap you hear me. thank you so so much my favourite girls for all the luuurrrvvee. (hahaha i was musing and i realised ehh i'm the youngest in the team and yet you all call me auntie pls! how can!)
as for family, my parents received this special promotion for a meal at jack's place and decided to pamper me (and my lucky siblings) on the weekend b4 my birthday. it was the amk outlet, the one that i used to pass by longingly when we had mugging sessions at amk library. haha apparently my mum and dad had fond memories there during their pak tor days. it was a cosy place with a sorta romantic ambience. food was alright, best part was the cake - oreo cheesecake. my mum suggested celebrating my bday outside this yr bcos "try something different mah" so the waitress serves out the cake. "how many candles?" she asked. seventeen. "they sing birthday song for you okay?" my eyes widened and i tugged at my mum's sleeve, nooooo not okay. my mum, looking slightly amused, replied, "no need lahh we sing ourselves." horrors of all horrors the waitress went, "ohh they're playing it already.." right on cue, the classical music was replaced by a recorded version of 'happy birthday to you'. with a cake appearing to be on fire cos of the many lighted candles over the limited surface area, every normal being curiously turned their attention to our table. cheers. i thought "mortified" was qte apt to describe how i felt at that instant. haha talk abt somthing different. still, it was an irresistable cake, i had an improportionately large serving of it. cant stand it lahh, to have weakness for pastries, cakes, bread and stuff of that sort.. i'll nvr forget how 3P celebrated my 15th birthday with waffles as the birthday cake :D
just to share some lingering thoughts that came to me during the last few minutes as a sixteen yr old. i was suddenly anxious to hold on to time, anxious that every movement of the second hand drew me closer to seventeen. poignant memories of 2005, sec4 life in sn, working in fullerton.. began to surface. i wondered if i had led a fulfilling year; i realised i wasnt ready to close that chapter for good. then heck, the clock struck twelve. time to embrace seventeen.
happy birthday to me.
/ clinging to the threads of continuity
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